Collar for personal wear



Feb. 26, 1929.

- R. M. HAwgs COLLAR FOR PERSONAL WEAR Filed June 11, 1927 Patented Feb. 26, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE;

mun MILLINGTON HAWES, or'LoNnon, ENGLAND.

conmm non rERsoNA WEAR.

Application filed June 11, 15 27. Serial No. 198,167.-

formed on the inner or under surface of the outer portion of the collar and parallel to the ends-thereof, and used inconjunction with button holed tabs attached to the same face, which tabs are in addition to those normally provided at the ends of the inner or neck hand and forming a part thereof.

It is the object ofthe present invention to provide a-novel and improved form of collar which is neat in appearance and dispenses with the additional tabs above referred to.

According to the invention, the inner wall or neck band of the collar is cut away from the tops of the meeting ends of the outer wall to a pointin the rear of the loops or openings to form tabs which are provided with button holes and are adapted to engage the loops or openings and secure the collar in the usual manner by buttoning over the collar stud or button. I

It will be seen, that thislatter arrangement has the advantage that four double thicknesses of material are dispensed with, in place of which only two, as: normally used, are necessary but which at the same time have a similar effect.

Ifdesired, when loops are employed, theyv may be formed by pieces of tape which at the same time may be constructed to house stifleners in the usual manner.

The invention is illustrated in the accom-I )anving drawings in which Fi uresl and U \J l 7 b 2 are rear views of a collar, respectively, in

the position as worn and with the outer and inner or neck portion opened out, and having only two tabs.

Referring to the drawings, a indicates the outer portion of the collar and b the inner portion or neck band. .As shown in Figures 1 and 2 strips of'material 0 may be sewn on to the inner surfaceof the outer portion a, leaving gaps forming loops in the stitching indicated at cl and through which the tabs, 6 as normally provided on the neck band I) may be passed. Each strip or loop 0 may house a stiffener-a.

The tabs 6 are formed by cutting away" portions of the neck band bfrom the top ends 7' of the nileeting edges 9 to points it in rear of the loops.

" hat I claim is 1. In a soft collar of the doubletype, the

combination with an outer portion, of a neck band, and'loops formed on and adjacent to the meeting ends of the outer portion, which [is cut away from the tops of the meeting ends to a point in rear of the loops to form tabs -which are provided with button holes and are adapted to engage theloops.

2. In a softcollar of the double type, the

combination with an outer portion, of pocketed loops on the inner surface of said outer portion adjacentthemeeting ends thereof, a

strip of stiffening material located in each of said pocketed loops, and a neck band which is cut away from the tops of themeeting ends to a point in rear of the loops to form tabs which are provided with button-holes and are adapted to engage the said loops.

3. A collarhaving an inner wall and an outer wall folded thereover, the outer wall" at the inner surface thereof adjacent each end having openings spaced from the upper andlower edges of the outer wall, the inner wall at each end being formed into attaching tabs adapted to pass through and beyond said openings, the lower corners of the inner wall being cut away so that the lower edge of the inner wall merges into the lower edges of the tabs, and the upper edges of said tabs extending inwardly beyond said openings, and the end edges of said inner wall merging into the upper edges of said tabs and extending from the inner extremities of the latter to the upper corners of the collar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 3rd day of June, 1927. p n I RALPH MILLINGTON HAWES. 

